Mater Health Services - Milestones

Milestones

• In 1919 Queensland’s first hospital laboratory was established at the Mater.
• In 1928, the Mater Public Hospital installed Queensland’s first deep X-ray therapy machine to treat cancer patients.
• In 1931 Mater opened the 80 bed Mater Children’s Hospital — the first Children’s Hospital south of the Brisbane river.
• In 1954 Mater established Queensland’s first Neurological Department.
• Also in 1954, eastern Australia’s first ‘Eye Bank’ opened at the Mater.
• In 1967 blood transfusions were performed on a baby in utero for the first time in Queensland.
• In 1987 Mater Children’s Hospital established Queensland’s first paediatric sleep unit.
• In 1989 the Mater Private Priority Emergency Centre was opened — the first in any Queensland hospital.
• In 1998, the Mater Children’s Private Hospital opens becoming Australia’s first private paediatric facility.
• In 2000, Mater Private Hospital — Redland is officially opened.
• In 2006 Mater Health Services becomes the first institution to win a Queensland Greats award
• In 2010 Mater Private Hospital Brisbane has become the first private hospital in Queensland to launch an automatic notification system for tissue donation.

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